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I sailed on the Lirica last month and had a fewsuggestions to make the experience better.

First the shower curtain, whenever I took a shower, it would billow with the movement of the ship, getswet and then sticks to your body like a glove.Every time I took a shower, I kept thinking ofways to prevent that, I think I found a solution..Since the shower curtain is nylon, it's very thinand moves very easily...it then attaches itselfto your body when gets wet. The solution wouldbe a thicker plastic shower curtain that would less likely to move with the rocking motionand I doubt that plastic sticks like nylon would.this would probably be cheaper too.I suggest the clear type since it's a little dimin that shower.

Secondly, the tiny juice glasses at the buffet andpizza/grill areas. I kept wondering if this was acost savings idea since people would drink less and waste less with getting refills and leavinghalf full tall glasses behind. I doubt MSC issaving any money here since most people weretaking 3 or 4 glasses each and getting refills.I think it's more time and money wasted inwashing more glasses and the labor involvedloading the dishwasher with more glasses peoplehad to use to get a full cup of iced tea or juice.I suggest MSC start switching to larges glassesas they replace the tiny juice ones.

We are going on the Lirica in a week and this time I plan on taking a travel mug for coffee in the morning and then can use again later for iced tea. I don't drink much juice so for me this was not a problem but hubby did usually get 2 glasses of juice. If I wanted more I would just go back for a second glass.

As for the shower curtain I have found this to be a problem on other lines as well.

Solution for shower curtain : worked on the Orchestra. I collected rocks on the beach in Nassau and used the duct tape these boards always tell me to bring and taped a row of rocks and shells along the bottom to provide enough weight that the curtain didn't stick anymore.

Solution for cups: bring your own insulated coffee mug. Not only does it keep coffee warm but it keeps juice or ice tea cold. Has a lid to prevent spilling.

We are going on the Lirica in a week and this time I plan on taking a travel mug for coffee in the morning and then can use again later for iced tea. I don't drink much juice so for me this was not a problem but hubby did usually get 2 glasses of juice. If I wanted more I would just go back for a second glass.

As for the shower curtain I have found this to be a problem on other lines as well.

weren't you on the same cruise Feb 12 to 22nd as me?
you are going on the Lirica again? I did bring my own
insulated mug, it worked well and people were jealous.

I sailed on the Lirica last month and had a fewsuggestions to make the experience better.

First the shower curtain, whenever I took a shower, it would billow with the movement of the ship, getswet and then sticks to your body like a glove.Every time I took a shower, I kept thinking ofways to prevent that, I think I found a solution..Since the shower curtain is nylon, it's very thinand moves very easily...it then attaches itselfto your body when gets wet. The solution wouldbe a thicker plastic shower curtain that would less likely to move with the rocking motionand I doubt that plastic sticks like nylon would.this would probably be cheaper too.I suggest the clear type since it's a little dimin that shower.

Secondly, the tiny juice glasses at the buffet andpizza/grill areas. I kept wondering if this was acost savings idea since people would drink less and waste less with getting refills and leavinghalf full tall glasses behind. I doubt MSC issaving any money here since most people weretaking 3 or 4 glasses each and getting refills.I think it's more time and money wasted inwashing more glasses and the labor involvedloading the dishwasher with more glasses peoplehad to use to get a full cup of iced tea or juice.I suggest MSC start switching to larges glassesas they replace the tiny juice ones.

This is all I can think of right now.

Totally agree with you re the shower curtain - it is very annoying. the Opera is exactly the same, I hoping that when I go on the fantasia next month, they will have something better - loke sliding doors or a screen.

the small glass thing hadn't even registered on my radar - probably because they are fairly "normal" in many pasrts of Europe. I suspect that may be part of the reason as well as a false sense of economy.

Obviously this is a dilemma that a great inventor can make a lot of money, as all ships are the same except for one & sad to say I don`t remember which but it had a plastic door, it was great, possibly ncl spirit. Does anyone else remember?

I was annoyed by the same thing on the Orchestra this past week!! I was thinking like most shower curtains that they could put magnets in the bottom of the curtain. There was a metal water barrier at the bottom and it would stick perfectly.
I did not enjoy the curtain stuck in the bum when shaving!!